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Post by mlehman on Jun 28, 2015 4:29:53 GMT -8
I'll start off with some standard gauge since it seems popular around these parts  F-unit 5531 is an early Genesis release that looks rather barren versus more recent runs. Someday, she'll get some more hoses, fixtures, etc, but for now she's pulling the westbound local stopped in Durango.  This is what train time in Durango looks like.  I used part of a Grandt No Problem Joe's to build Goble Building Material, but still had lots of the kit left. So I built something else (assay office, crematorium/funeral parlor, or ??) out of the leftovers, plus stuff from the parts bin.  Up at the Merry Widow Mine, the world's shortest tramway went into service...  Like a lot of things, there's less to it than meets the eye.  Looking forward to seeing what others have been up to. |
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Post by dti406 on Jun 28, 2015 5:36:02 GMT -8
Only finished a couple of cars this weekend along with some work in progress.  Atlas 3900CF 6 Bay Covered Hopper Kit, painted with Scalecoat II MofW Gray and lettered with Mark Vaughn's Wabash Decals. In my opinion one of the best railroad owned paint jobs on a covered hopper.  Atlas 5701CF ACF Covered Hopper Kit, painted with Scalecoat II Armour Yellow and letted with Herald King Decals.  In progress shot on an Intermountain Milk Car Kit, installed all the underneath piping and brake rods, quides and multiple air tanks required for use on passenger trains.   Couple of shots of my completed Anderson's Covered Hopper Conversion, kit by Tichy. Shows all the detailed air lines and grabs. Ex-Wabash Panel side hoppers with an extension and tarp cover. Ready for painting this upcoming week. This is the fourth car of ten I have. Thanks for looking, Rick J |
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Post by mrsocal on Jun 28, 2015 6:21:00 GMT -8
Nice looking hopper build Rick.
Mike we need to get you a GoPro or some type of camera so we can take a few laps around the layout at track level.
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Post by markfj on Jun 28, 2015 11:35:20 GMT -8
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Post by fr8kar on Jun 28, 2015 15:48:27 GMT -8
Nice work, everyone. A friend is building a model of Dallas Union Terminal in the form of a Free-mo module. It's a huge undertaking with lots of work required especially on the handlaid track and turnouts. Figuring he has his hands full, I offered to make the twin interlocking towers protecting the north and south ends of the terminal. I decided to use a small building located next to the north tower as a test to see how the models would print using Shapeways White, Strong & Flexible nylon. The texture is a little rough, but that isn't too much of a problem for the stucco, brick and concrete surfaces of the buildings. Here's the little auxiliary building: Prototype South Wall:  Model South Wall:  Prototype North Wall:  Model North Wall:  The brick texture is rendered a little more rough on the south wall and a bit more blended on the east and west walls. I think I might get better results with Frosted Detail plastic, but the cost goes up significantly. For what it is, I think it works. |
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Post by mlehman on Jun 28, 2015 19:37:23 GMT -8
... Mike we need to get you a GoPro or some type of camera so we can take a few laps around the layout at track level. Been thinking about doing one of the iPhone cradles, then my wife updated her phone again. But I now have a dedicated iPhone5 handmedown I use for a WiThrottle, so have been thinking that is the cheapest route. I suspect I'm goona have a problem with clearance in places. Gotta remember most of it is narrowgauge. Standard gauge is a slam dunk. I do have two depressed center flat cars. The WP&Y one is ~10' wide. Not bad, considering that means there's almost 3'6" of overhang on each side of the rail (3' apart). Thing is the optics in the iPhone adapters require a certain range of angles, so not sure if the angle can be shallow enough to fit the HOn3 loading gauge. Needs more research. The Go-Pro is attractive for a lot of reasons, but one big drawback -- just too  big. Thee are smaller video camera/recorder packages out there, but I don't know much about them. Sounds like a good idea for a thread, though. |
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Post by mlehman on Jun 28, 2015 19:39:10 GMT -8
Rick,Mark, and Ryan,
Nice work there!
Guess everyone else is at the golf course or dealing with a flooded basement.
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Post by railthunder on Jun 28, 2015 21:03:26 GMT -8
  Have been steadily working on upper level of my railroad with the help of friends. Here are a couple of mock ups with the Seaboard Air Line Palmland roaring around a curve north of Wildwood, Florida with an E4A and the Silver Meteor with a trio of E7As sliding through Belleview, Florida. |
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Post by djh4d on Jun 28, 2015 21:25:05 GMT -8
Night shift reporting in. Here one from today's running session. This is my "I'm mad at the crew and I'm going to make their lives miserable" consist. The latest addition to the fleet, CSXT 1500, teams up with rent-a-wreck EMDX 6405 to run a local switching job. It seems this time, management scraped the bottom of the barrel for the power. Oh well, they still got the work done.  Enjoy, - Dave |
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Post by jonklein611 on Jun 29, 2015 2:40:31 GMT -8
... Mike we need to get you a GoPro or some type of camera so we can take a few laps around the layout at track level. Been thinking about doing one of the iPhone cradles, then my wife updated her phone again. But I now have a dedicated iPhone5 handmedown I use for a WiThrottle, so have been thinking that is the cheapest route. I suspect I'm goona have a problem with clearance in places. Gotta remember most of it is narrowgauge. Standard gauge is a slam dunk. I do have two depressed center flat cars. The WP&Y one is ~10' wide. Not bad, considering that means there's almost 3'6" of overhang on each side of the rail (3' apart). Thing is the optics in the iPhone adapters require a certain range of angles, so not sure if the angle can be shallow enough to fit the HOn3 loading gauge. Needs more research. The Go-Pro is attractive for a lot of reasons, but one big drawback -- just too big. Thee are smaller video camera/recorder packages out there, but I don't know much about them. Sounds like a good idea for a thread, though. At the club I belong to we have a mini camera someone put in a Rotary Snow Plow. Works decently well, it's from Radio Shack I think. It transmitted to a receiver you could connect to an older style TV. This one might be flatcar worthy: www.monoprice.com/Product?p_id=12179#specifications |
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Post by mlehman on Jun 29, 2015 5:05:19 GMT -8
jon,
Thanks, that might work. The 1.5" width is right at the maximum that might work within the HOn3 loading gauge. The price is definitely right and It's the same or similar to a camera I've seen decent videos from.
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Post by dti406 on Jun 29, 2015 6:12:55 GMT -8
We were trying to find some track irregularities and placed a small camera on a 52' Flat Car, unfortunately it was not a low light camera and the area we need to see was in a tunnel. We then taped a small led flashlight to the top of the camera and got some light, the other problem was the 52' car was too long and was a problem on curves, so we angled the camera and light. A shorter car would work much better. By the way we held the camera on the car with glue dots which worked very well, be sure to not use the permanent style of glue dots or you may not get the camera off the car.
Rick J
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Post by TBird1958 on Jun 29, 2015 8:45:40 GMT -8
I shot these yesterday morning but computer problems prevented me from posting until today..........Way late to the party! Since Mike posted some F's I'll follow on...  Trailing in a 4 unit "Pearlman mallet" 5711's silver paint is already flaking off exposing red primer.  |
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Post by mlehman on Jun 29, 2015 11:25:54 GMT -8
Beautiful and oh so realistic F units, Tbird!
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Post by valenciajim on Jun 29, 2015 16:36:02 GMT -8
Nice work and future inspiration for me. This is my favorite thread every week.
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Post by gp74444 on Jun 29, 2015 17:07:35 GMT -8
Having some fun with Freelance Model Railroads.  |
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Post by fr8kar on Jun 29, 2015 17:11:28 GMT -8
I like both of them. Nice job! |
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